On 2011-06-18 16:26 -0400, Brian K. White wrote: > On 6/18/2011 8:31 AM, Andre Majorel wrote: > > >Is there a way to make rsync unconditionally transfer files, > >i.e. create them anew even if the target already exists and is > >identical to the source ? > > > >rsync -I looks closer but still avoids transferring the files. > > -IW
Turns out -I/--ignore-times does seem to force unconditional transfer. I thought it didn't because --checksum overrides it -- even if it precedes it on the command line. That it did was not obvious to me from reading the man page. > What I don't understand is why people say they don't know why you'd > want to do that without knowing any of your context. The application is installing executables. -a is handy but if you ever forget --no-group --no-owner, they will be owned by whatever user wrote or compiled them. Thanks everyone. -- André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/ -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
